Amber Lancaster Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Va, Us

Henrico County, Virginia, United States

- Develop strategic mission to support disadvantaged students participate in extracurricular activities- Draft business plan and work with legal team to meet regulations and legal requirements- Create strategic marketing plan to include website development- Establish partnership with Henrico County Public Schools and local businesses and community members

• Possess active Top Secret/SCI clearances (last background investigation/polygraph completed in April 2004, renewal adjudicated November, 2014). • Manage the development timeline and approval process of CBRN and emergency management curricula for foreign military and civilian audiences.• Conduct quality assurance/quality control of all curricula materials to assure compliance with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s program goals.• Ensure use of graphics and images complies with international copyright laws.• Develop and maintain the CBRN Course Catalog.• Conduct peer reviews as technical writer of After Action Reports, Trip Reports, and contract deliverables.

• Mentor and train analysts in exercise design, foreign consequence management, DoD and interagency national security policy, and leadership development.• Assisted the New York City Office of Emergency Management training and exercise program through on-line training course development and tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercise planning and conduct.• Supported the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the development and conduct of exercises in Uganda and Vietnam under the Global Health Security Initiative.• Support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to expand and maintain a foreign consequence management exercise and training program in the DoD U.S. Pacific Command area of operation.• Designed the capstone exercise to integrate the new Filipino Army CBRN capability with Filipino civilian authorities to include police, fire, and local emergency management officials.• Synthesize data provided by subject matter experts to determine trends and develop actionable recommendations to address emerging issues. • Routinely coordinate logistics and lead teams of 20+ contractors in conducting large-scale field training exercises comprised of military, interagency, law enforcement, State and local officials, and first responders.• Led team of 39 military, government civilians, and contractors in exercise assessment for the U.S. Army’s largest bilateral field exercise, YAMA SAKURA 59.

• Researched chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives threats and consequences to develop exercise Scenario Technical Descriptions. • Collaborated with DoD Combatant Commands, Department of State Embassy personnel, and foreign nationals to design Foreign Consequence Management exercises. • Drafted exercise documentation including Exercise Plans, Situation Manuals, Controller/Evaluator Handbooks, and Participant Handouts for Federal, State, and local exercises.• Drafted technical responses for request for proposals to support State and local exercise programs.

• Collaborated with interagency partners and State and local officials to design national level exercises in accordance with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 – National Preparedness.• Developed the National Response Cell and the Joint Field Office Response Cell replicating the Department’s and the interagency’s incident management responsibilities in accordance with the National Response Plan.• Deployed as Principal Federal Official Operations Officer to maintain situational awareness, develop situation reports and executive summaries, interact with State and local officials, and manage overall operations.• Created SITREP format on the Homeland Security Information Network’s Common Operational Picture for radiological events.

• Managed the receipt, assignment, and tracking of tasks within the Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), which consists of 8 divisions. Streamlined processes by creating an information system to ensure timely response.• Reviewed and edited Congressional correspondence, briefings, and reports to ensure IP has a unified, consistent message. Assimilate all divisional answers into one coherent IP response.• Conducted baseline research on consequences of attacks on critical infrastructures to inform a high-level risk analysis report.

• Researched foreign cultures and political, financial, and cultural relationships of European and Middle Eastern nations using the Internet and library resources and wrote analytical reports for multiple government intelligence agencies. • Hosted published experts from industry, academia, and political think tanks to make presentations or prepare papers for government officials.• Created databases on facilities, catering, consultants, and past events to provide organizers with a comprehensive resource and to inform corporate executives of prior conferences for contracting bids.• Provided administrative and logistical support such as ordering supplies and food, registering participants, ensuring clearances were passed if necessary, and setting up computer and projection equipment for all conferences both offsite and onsite, including three conference rooms and a SCIF for 10 to 70 people.

• Researched grant applications and wrote letters to Federal agencies in support of applicants’ cause.• Prepared facility arrangements and coordinated break-out groups for the 3rd Annual Biden Youth Conference for high school juniors attending all Delaware public and private high schools.

• Composed letters to members of Congress and Federal government officials outlining reasons to support hydroelectric power and press releases on Congressional actions for the biweekly NHA Today publication.• Drafted policy papers and lobbying materials related to the Energy Policy Act of 2002.